Anticreeper.



` P; A. 'PRESTDN f ANTIGREBPBR. APPLICATION PIL-ED MAR. 31, 1.913. 1,133,399. Patented Mar. 30, 1915.A

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UF CHIGAGGILLZNOIS, A CORPRATON 05E IJLINOIS.

ANTICREEPER.

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. mentation' area nervi; s1, 1ere. l eine no. 757,792.

To 'all' whom 11i-may concern;

Be it known .that I, vFREDERICK PRES- f'roN, e citizen .of the United States, residing at Highland Park, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful improvements in nticreepers, of which the following is e -full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference beingl had .to the accompanying drawing, forming o part `ofthisv 'specificati-on.'

My invention reletes to' anti-Creepers for railroad rails, such devices being known also as rail anchors.

maintains its hold by reason 'of of jevvs which grip the rail bese with e firm frictionel'holfi', the constrnction' is nsinilly `such that when the rail tends to creep', said jews `ere lnovetlL inwardly toward the'longitudinal axis ofthe/rail so as t6 increase their frictional hold. To secure this action such rail anchors have been constructed, generally speaking, in two forms. In one 'orin there are' tvs-.0 or more parts which engage each other in such e manner that when they slide one on the other longitudinally, the pairs of jan-s are moved inwardly to grip the rail hase more firmly. In the other form the rail enchor'coniprises 'e one piece yolre having jaws spaced apart e distance greater than the lWidth of the reilbese whereby the rail anchor may be located on' the rail base proporly, but in orderv to cu'se both pairs ofseici jaws to grip said rail base, it is necessary to vskew the rail anchor to a. diagonal position,

that is, with the jaws arranged one 'pe-ir considerably in advance of the other. in this position, although said pairs of jews are not brought closer together, they are each brought closer to the central axis of the reil.

The object of my present invention, genorally speaking, is to provide a rail enchor which maintains its hold on the rail bese h v friction due to its initial grip thereon, there being iio' subsequent movement which in'- cregises or tends to. increase seid grip.

VThe subsidiary 'objects are to provide a one piece rail anchor adapted to act in this manner, to provie e rail anchor of this character Which shell be of comparatively simple construction and len-ti itself to econoni'iccl manufacture, and to provie a. rail enchor Which-shall eiiectively maintain its Specification of Letters Patent.

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hol on the rail base, 'regarfiless ofivvlietheri' or not the pressiire of' the r the cross-'tie is maintained.

Other objects and solvente es may' he readily inferred. without speci c .reference thereto,-froni 'et consideration of the deteiliecl description hereinafter' fornisof the invention.

In the accompanying drawings i hev'je illustrated the several orrhs 'referreclto. The iiiw'rentioii is not limited to the construe# tions illustrated, however, es it may be enib'o'ciie'cl in other forms.

In seid drawings Figure i is a top plan ci one' forni of rilenchor, showing the seine es it is being applied to the ril base; Fig. 2 is en .end elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a top plan View of sa'ici rail aiich'o'r'in' the position which it finally assumes upon the rail bese; Fig. 4 is iin end elevation thereof; F 5 is e vside elevation or' this orni'of enti-Creeper; Fig. 6 is a traterl comprises a pair of jaws 1,2, each etla'pteii to grip the reil base firmly when vforced thereon, said pairs 'of jews b ing proviol'ed with a connectingvniemher' which is preferehlyintegrel therewith whereby e one piece construction results. ln Figs. l to "2' inclusive, the connecting member has the form of e yoke 3 arranged at one end of saisi jews, lthough it may be otherwise loceteil with respect thereto. Said yoke has e bearing face adapted to hear against the cross tie 5, thus transmittingtherctothe ndtie to 'the creeping tendency of the rail. Seid yojlre is also provided preferably with a reinforcing iange or Web 6 integrally united thereto.

The pairs of 'aws i enel are arrensje initially with their inner vertical walls 8 flaring outwardly, es shown in Fig. l, for example. The distance between the inner edges of said pairs is preferably somewhat vless than the Widthv of the rail hase.

section through one .of the ci Emis' Fie". 7 is e to lan view of another l v e P P thrust ail anchor against -59 mallya slight 'clearance between itself and v.the Pall base to `facilitate assembling the de'f 'vice 'on the rail. The lsaid web may be brought into firm. bearing engagement with overth fail baseandjtheni Ahooking the i the structure may be effected without danger ofl breakingvit.; The opening'4 between each 'pair-of jawsyas shown' in Fig, 6 ,1is1

'Qther'fewover the "opposite side, said jaws..

overlying therai'lbase'only a slight amount, just vsulliciemt"to keep" the rail anchorjfrom 'failing o at lthis 'stage of the. operation. :It is forthis reason that it' isdesirableto prof' v idothe jaws Awith the parallel inneredges 'above referredfto. Inorderto cause's'aid jaws to take a rin hold 011' the rail'. base, theyjare driven toward'eachother by hammer' blows. Vuntil' they assume' .the *position shown in' Fig's 3 andA.v This operation, of.

course, causes the structureztobend o r give Lat some'point, mostof thebending taking placaat or near v the oppositeends .ofthe yokefa*y `The rail-anchor being constructed. preferably of malleable iron or .other mate- -rial"1having six'nilanA properties las far' v"as bending is.- concerned, this deformation of V- vpreferably of a'f somewhat less 'angle'inii tially than the corresponding angle made by 'the-upper and lowerffaceor` the rail base.

Furthermore, the vertical innerwalls 7 and 8 oflsaid'jaws are preferably of slightly less height than the correspondingvertical outer edge' I.ofl the .rail base.' Accordingly, when the'jaws are, driven or 'forced onto-the rail.v I

base, they aresprung somewhat-and hence maintainayery firm frictional -hold o n the top and botton njgof the-rail base. The design at the pressure or gripis preferably li th ping action o jaw is substantially u niform at all points.- That is to say, the jaw is' spnungthe-'most" at pointsfremote from the vertical wall 8, at which'pointsfthe lever vI arm is. the longest, and is. sprung f the "least at points where the lever arm is shorter,

- thereby tendingfto give substantially uni- -formmoments. 'As the railtendsto base has a bind-iri'gv eii'ect thereon, this-action f offered to the creeping thrust. The area of '.the jaws in frictional engagement withthe f yrail base is of considerable.' extent, due

' mainly to the comparatively great lengthl of the jaws, as willbe apparent from the` A creep tothe .left as lviewed in Fig. 5,'. the

pressure'may cause the yoke 3 .to bend somewhat y(s eegdotted line posi-tion in said figbrought to bear against the base'of the rail.

Said fiangeisconstructedso as' to give nor'- the rail base initially by"driving th'e'entire rail anchor toward the tie Without Waiting for' the creeping 'action to cause the bendingl Said web by bearing directly against the rail servingl to assist somewhat the -'resistance drawings, and after a rail anchorhas once ^.fron 1 -'Fig. 2i, by hooking one'pairof jaws:-

7 the jaws -fare provided with :a`

which is used to" aid in ,forcing thepai;

both pairs been properly applied thesja'ws rust in posi` .tion in time, whereby they become practi-r cally Aunited to the railbase.

InA the form of railan'chorshow jtoward'e'a'ch' other when the. railanhQn 1s being applied to the. rail. v In the'firstform of railz'anchordescribed, it is necessaryfto drive the pairs `of jaws vtoward Veach .otherl by striking on 'the reinforcingflanges, The

most. convenient way is to hammer. inwardly a tie-plate 10`. The yoke. which `i's integrally united t'o the jaws may bear directly yagainst .the tieto aid-in resisting creeping, asin F 5, 'or,`if it 1s desired to rely entirely on the spikes 11 which secure vthe'.tieplate tothe tie,.'thev saidyoke'may clear the tie. The

\ device shown in -Fig-f8 isA adapted top revent p creeping 1n either direction, as vthe move'- ment of the rail is not relied upon to'in? crease'the'grip of therail anchor'thereon.

Amongfthe' many advantages whichl are inherent 1n the devices disclosed it may ..be mentionedthat the one pieceA construction- .makesthedevice-easy to handle and easy to- 'applyto the-rail. The rail "anchorfcan never Lworkloose and dropfrom the rail` even .if the rail 'should have a rearward movement due to a contraction causedvby l cold or due to a reversal of traflio f It is to be understood, of course, that the.

invention is notto .beflimited-tothe p arti'cular embodiments thereof described and illus- 'i trated orto the details thereof, asl various changes 'mayfbe made Without' 'departing from the spirit ofthe invention as expressed vin theappendedclaimsl.-

Having' thus Vdescribed Vmy invention, whatv -1. vAn anticreeper comprising.oppositely arranged pairs of jaws,A each pair adapted.

towedgingly engage an edge of a rail base,

.I claim as new anddes'ire to'secure byfLetfL f said pairs. of jaws being connected by means..

integral therewith, and .beingfspaced apart suiiciently to permit "of their being assembled ona rail with the base flanges between- .them whereby they maybe brought to final gripping position on the rail v'base by being .forced toward eachother, said structure be.

deformed by such operation and given., a `permanent set.`

f 2, An anti-Creeper comprising oppositely arranged pairs of jaws each. pair adapt-,ed to .wedgingly engage anedge of a railbase and' only byv forcing the. jaws toward each other a non-resilient yoke integrally connected' thereto and maintainingsaid'pairs of jaws at such adistance from each other as to cause, a iit thereofon vthe rail base in such manner that airm grip thereon is obtained so as todeform-said structure and give it a permanent set.

3.'.An anti-Creeper comprising Va yoke' provided at each end with railgripping jaws integral therewith,'one1o'f said jaws extending substantially horizontally from said yoke at 'an angle thereto so that it may be caused to operatively engage a rail base only ralityof pairs. ofv jaws for gripping a rail base on opposite sides of the rail, a portion of vthe structure between said pairs of jaws being' capable ofpermanent distortion to bring said pairs of Ajaws into their final rail-gripping relation to each other and to the rail ase.

5. A one-piece anti-Creeper having a pluf rality of pairs of jaws adapted to operatively grip -a' rail baseat opposite sides of said pairs of j a'wsbeing capable of permanent distortion to bring one of. said .jaws into nalwedging engagement with-a rail base.'

6. A onefpiece anti-Creeper com rismg-'a l v 'transverse element-'beneath thera'l 'asehavv and having two pairs of rearwardly extending jaws which diverge from eachother and -which may be'made to grip the rail b'aseby ing means at one end .for operatively'gripping the upper; and lower fa'ces vof a rail base andhaving' at the other end a rear-'- wardly 4projecting portion bendable inwardly to bring it into permanent wedging engagement with the upper'surface of a rail base. ,f

. 7'. A one-piece anti-creeperhaving a tie abutting 'surface extending forwardly and downwardly so as to engage a tie only on a surface substantially below the base of a rail deforming the structure so as to .decrease the angle 'between said'pairs of jaws.l

8. An anti-Creeper'cOmpriSing a transverse element arranged beneath the railbase, a pair of jaws integral with each end. of said element, the inner vertical walls of Asaid 4pairs of jaws normally diverging from each other whereby Vin order'to bring said walls against the opposite sides of the rail base it is necessary to bend the strncture.

9. An anti-Creeper comprlsing a yoke, a

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pair of rail gripping jaws at each end thereof and integral therewith, a tie#abutting face on said yoke and a reinforcing web integral with said yoke, said web extending 'beneath the' rail base and normallyclearing 'ranged transversely beneath the rail base with pairs of j'aws at opposite ends thereof for gripping the rail flanges, a tie-abutting face thereon to resist creeping, and a web integral 'therewith and arranged substantially parallel `to the longitudinal axis of the rail, said .web'normally 'clearing said rail.

11. A rail anchor-comprising two pairs of rail-gripping jaws arranged'opposite to each Yother and integrally united; by a -n'onres1li ent connecting member beneath the -rail base,

the l angle of the .jawsof each pair bein'g slightly lessthan the angle of the corresponding sectionof the rail base.

'12. In an anti-Creeper, two pairs'of jaws,

each, requiring to be sprung somewhat when forced'tooperative positionon 'the rail base',

said'base which isrelatively long as c'omsaid pairs of jaws 'having a holdingarea on Y the ra1l, a portion of said structure between pared to its width, and means vconnecting v said pairs of jaws dtlffvprevent their moving apart, said jaws a eringto saidrail base in service independently of any holding thrust developed by a creeping tendency of the'raiL rail anchor consisting ofy a single malleable casting formed at opposite ends with jaws adapted to engagethe opposite edges of the base flange of a railroad rail,

the portion of said casting between' said jaws being adapted to be bent to a permanent set'so as -to cause said jaws to operatively grip'said base flanges.

14. A rail anchor comprising a rail gaging opposite sides of a railroad rail, a

portion of the device carrying one offsaid" rail engaging means being bendable to a permanent set after theV device has been ap'- plied to a rail so as to bring the rail enga 1 vping); member provided with meansv forenscribed my name inthe presence-offtwo wit-y rnnn'nnicrra. rnnsronaf Witnesses:

P. V. lS.anamELsoi-I,

H. C. PARKER.

Ce'rreetlons. in Letters Patent No. 1.133.399.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Peeent No. 1,133,399, grnaed March' 3Q, 1,915,

upon the application' of Frederick A. Preston, of T-ighla'd Prlz, Illn'ois,vfor an improvement in Anticreepers, errors appear in the printed .specification reqniring' correction as follows: Page l, line 82., for the Words a lir readhtwo pairs; page 2. A

'line 38, forvthe Word remore read removed; and that. the said Letters Ptent should lbereed'wibh these corrections therein that the Same ny eonfoim'to the reeo'l'dof the eajse -in the Patent OHce. I A

Signed and seled this 20th day of April, A. D., 1915. I

[ISAL] l I A v J. NEWT-QN.,

Acting' Gommz'sz'oner of Panni?. 

